Attendance Information

To notify Coronado of a student absence please notify the office by email of phone call.

email coronado.attendance@usd305.com

call the school office at 785-309-4100

ATTENDANCE PROCEDURES Attendance is a key factor in academic success. Making sure your student attends school every day is one of the most important things you can do to help your student succeed in school. 

NOTIFICATION: A parent/guardian should call the school each day his/her child will be absent, and state the reason for the absence. Please contact the school office before 9:00 a.m. Messages can be left on the school’s answering machine during non-school hours. For the safety of the student, an attempt will be made to contact the parent/guardian if no notification of an absence is received. Notes will not be accepted in lieu of phone calls.  If your child needs to stay home due to illness, we ask that you communicate with the school. If your student has a chronic or ongoing health condition, contact your building administrator to discuss the attendance impact and make a plan to meet your student’s educational needs. Medical documentation may be required. 

ABSENCES: When a parent/guardian has notified the school that their child will be absent for an excusable reason, such as being sick, an emergency or a funeral, the absence is marked as excused. Please provide verification for any medical or legal appointments. Absences are marked as unexcused when a parent/guardian does not communicate with the school in regards to their child being absent from school or if the reason is deemed inexcusable by the building principal. If student has an attendance plan, any absence not approved will be recorded as unexcused.

CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM: The Kansas State Department of Education defines chronic absenteeism as both excused and unexcused absences. Any student missing 10% or more of the days that school has been in session at any point in the school year is considered chronically absent. For example, a student who has been enrolled in school for 40 days with four or more absences is chronically absent. Students can decrease their absenteeism percentage by attending school regularly. Students who decrease their attendance to under 10% are no longer considered chronically absent. School-related absences are excused and do not count against a student for chronic absenteeism. Parents are strongly encouraged to plan all non-academic trips, such as vacations, during times school is not in session. If student will be gone for a pre-planned absence extending beyond three days, the parent should contact the school as early as possible prior to the absences to understand expectations for missed academic time. These types of absences count toward chronic absenteeism. Our goal at Salina Public Schools is to reduce chronic absenteeism by engaging with students and families before absences accumulate and students fall behind academically. Each building will be monitoring weekly absenteeism data to identify where early interventions are needed for individual students. Together, we can reduce chronic absenteeism rates through a multi-layered approach, which begins with conversations regarding attendance. General guidelines for this process include: 
• An informational letter will be sent home by the school to inform parents of absenteeism concerns     when a student has missed 10% or more of school. 
• Parent/guardian contact will be made by the school to address concerns and a plan to improve attendance will be discussed when a student has missed more than 15% of school. • An attendance support meeting will be scheduled with the family/guardian when student has missed 20% or more of school to discuss interventions. 
• When a student has missed 30% or more of the enrolled school days, the student will be recommended for the District Attendance Support Process, and an attendance conference will be scheduled by the district office. 

**The building administrator has discretion to modify attendance support process as needed.** 

TARDIES: Being on time is an important life skill. When students are late to school, they miss important instructional time. School begins at 8:30 a.m. Students who arrive late must report to the office before going to class. Tardies will be recorded and monitored. 

TRUANCY REPORTS: According to Kansas Compulsory Attendance Law, when a student has unexcused absences on three consecutive school days, five school days in a semester or seven school days in a school year, whichever occurs first, a report of truancy will be made to the County Attorney for legal action (K.S.A. 72-1113). A referral will be made to the Truancy Review Board if the student is under the age of 16, to the County Attorney for truancy court if the student is between the age of 16 and under 18, or for a dueprocess hearing if the student is age 18 or over.